Tag: Festival

Donga stick fight

The Mursi and Surma are nomadic pastoralists living in a typically African savanna region very close to the Mago National Parks and South west close to the south Sudan border. These tribes have many impressive and mysteries common cultures from which Donga Stick fight is the one. Donga stick fight is held in every year […]

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THE FINDING OF THE TRUE CROSS, ‘’MESKEL’’

The festival of Meskel is one of the most important festivals among followers of Ethiopian Christianity mainly for Orthodox Tewahedo churches. This magnificent celebration takes place in every year on 27th of September. The word ‘’Meskel’’ means “cross” and the feast honors the discovery of the True Cross upon which Jesus was crucified and it […]

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ETHIOPIAN EPIPHANY ‘’ TIMKAT ’’

Timkat (Epiphany) greatest festival of the year for the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church followers, celebrate every, January 18 to 19. It is the most colorful and greatest celebration for the Orthodox Christians. The festival is a three-day event, beginning on January 18 the eve of Timket, what we call in Amharic Ketera; it is very […]

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